Books quoted or referred to in this blog
- ALBERTSON, Chris
Bessie, Revised and Expanded Edition, New Haven - London 2003. - All Music Guide [AMG] to Soul, edd. Vladimir Bogdanovich, John Bush, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Th. Erlewine, San Francisco 2003.
***** A
- BOWMAN, Rob
Soulsville U.S.A. The Story of Stax Records, New York 1997. - BOYER, Horace Clarence
The Golden Age of Gospel, Urbana - Chicago 2000 (orig. published as How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel, New York 1995) (Music in American Life Series). - BRADLEY, Andy / WOOD, Roger
House of Hits. The Story of Houston's Gold Star Recording Studios, Austin 2010. - BROVEN, John
Rhythm & Blues in New Orleans [US-edition], Gretna 1978 (several reprints). - BROVEN, John
Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers Urbana 2009. - BROWN, Ruth, with Andrew YULE:
Miss Rhythm. The Autobiography of Ruth Brown, Rhythm and Blues Legend, New York 1996. - BUTLER, Jerry, with Earl SMITH
Only The Strong Survive. Memoirs of a Soul Survivor, Bloomington 2000 (Black Music and Expressive Culture Series).
***** B
- CAPONI, Gena Dagel (ed.)
Signifyin(g), Sanctifyin', & Slam Dunking. A Reader in African American Expressive Culture, Amherst 1999.
- CARNEY SMITH, Jessie (ed.)
Notable Black American Women, Book II, Detroit 1996. - CARPENTER, Bil
Uncloudy Days. The Gospel Music Encyclopedia, San Francisco 2005. - CHARLES, Ray, with David RITZ
Brother Ray. Ray Charles' Own Story, New York 3rd ed. 2004. - COHODAS, Nadine
Princess Noire. The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone, New York 2010. - COHODAS, Nadine
Queen. The Life and Music of Dinah Washington, New York 2006. - COLEMAN, Rick
Blue Monday. Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock 'n' Roll, Cambridge, Mass. 2006.
***** C
- DARDEN, Robert
People Get Ready! A New History of Black Gospel Music, New York 2004. - DEFFAA, Chip
Blue Rhythms. Six Lives in Rhythm and Blues, Da Capo reprint New York 2000 (orig. Urbana 1996). - DENISOFF, R. Serge
Solid Gold: the popular record industry, New Brunswick 1995. - DESALVO, Debra
The Language of the Blues from Alcorub to Zuzu, New York 2006.
- DOGGETT, Peter
There's a Riot Going On. Revolutionaries, Rock Stars and the Rise and Fall of '60s Counter-culture, Edinburgh - New York 2007.
***** D
- EDMONDS, John
Called, Justified, Glorified, and Gay. The fictional Memoirs Of Gospel Singer, Josephus Hezekiah Carson, Bloomington 2008. - EMERSON, Ken
Always Magic in the Air. The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era, London - New York 2005. - EVANS, Mike
Ray Charles: The Birth of Soul, New York 2005.
***** E
- FRANKLIN, Aretha, with David RITZ
From These Roots, New York 1999. - FREELAND, David
Ladies of Soul, Jackson 2001. - FREEMAN, Scott
Otis! The Otis Redding Story, New York 2001.
***** F
- GARLAND, Phyl
The Sound of Soul, Chicago 1969. - GEORGE, Nelson
Where Did Our Love Go? The Rise & Fall of the Motown Sound, London - New York 2003. - GILLETT, Charlie
The Sound of the City. The Rise of Rock and Roll, new Da Capo edition New York 1996. - GINSBERG, Allen
Early Fifties. Early Sixties. Journals, ed. Gordon Ball, New York 1977. - GOURSE, Leslie
Louis' Children: American Jazz Singers. Updated Edition, New York 2001 (1st ed. 1984). - GREGORY, Hugh
The Real Rhythm and Blues, London 1998. - GURALNICK, Peter
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, London 1995. - GURALNICK, Peter
Sweet Soul Music. Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom, New York 1999.
***** G
- HANNUSCH, Jeff
The Soul of New Orleans: A Legacy of Rhythm And Blues, Ville Platte 2001. - HAYES, Cedric J. Hayes / LAUGHTON, Robert
The Gospel Discography 1943-1970, West Vancouver: Eyeball Productions 2007. - HEILBUT, Anthony
The Gospel Sound. Good News and Bad Times. Updated and Revised (25th Anniversary Edition), New York 1997. - HEMMING, Roy
The Melody Lingers On. The Great Songwriters and Their Movie Musicals, New York 1999.
***** H
- The James Brown Reader, edd. Nelson George and A. Leeds, London 2008.
- JAMES, ETTA and David RITZ
Rage to Survive. The Etta James Story, New York 2003 (second edition; 1st ed. 1995). - JONES, Roben
Memphis Boys. The Story of American Studios, Jackson: University Press of Mississippi 2010.
***** I,J
- KUKLA, Barbara J.
Swing City: Newark Nightlife, 1925-50, Philadelphia 1991.
***** K
- LEIBER, Jerry / STOLLER, Mike, with David RITZ
Hound Dog. The Leiber and Stoller Autobiography, London - New York 2010. - LICHTENSTEIN, Grace / DANKNER, Laura
Musical Gumbo: The Music Of New Orleans, New York 1993. - LORNELL, Kip
Virginia's Blues, Country, & Gospel Records, 1902-1943: An Annotated Discography, Lexington 1989. - LYNSKEY, Dorian
33 Revolutions Per Minute. A History of Protest Songs, London 2010.
***** L
- MARMORSTEIN, Gary
The Label. The Story of Columbia Records, New York 2007. - McGRATH, Bob
The Soul Discography, Vols. 1-2, West Vancouver 2010-12. - McNEIL, W.K. (editor)
Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music, New York 2005.
***** M
- NATHAN, David
The Soulful Divas, Billboard 1999.
***** N
- PATTERSON, Daniel W. (ed.)
Sounds of the South, Chapel Hill 1991. - PRUTER, Robert
Chicago Soul, Urbana–Chicago 1991. - PRUTER, Robert (ed.)
The Blackwell Guide to Soul Recordings, Oxford 1993.
***** P
- RANDALL, Annie J.
Dusty! Queen of the Postmods, Oxford 2009. - REEVES, Martha, with Mark BEGO
Dancing in the Street. Confessions of a Motown Diva, New York 1994. - RYLATT, Keith
Groovesville USA. The Detroit Soul & R&B Index, Worthing 2010.
***** R
- SANVILLE, George Washington
Forty Gospel Hymn Stories, private printing 1947. - SIMONE, Nina, with Stephen CLEARY
I Put A Spell On You. The Autobiography of Nina Simone, Cambridge, Mass., second edition 2003 (first ed. 1991). - SMITH, Suzanne E.
Dancing in the Street: Motown and Cultural Politics of Detroit, Cambridge, Mass. 1999. - SOLOMON, Olivia & Jack (eds.)
"Honey in the Rock". The Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs from Sumter County, Alabama, Macon 2002. - STRAS, Laurie (ed.)
She's So Fine: Reflections on Whiteness, Feminity, Adolescence and Class in 1960s Music, Farnham - Burlington 2010. - SULLIVAN, Denise
Keep On Pushing. Black Power Music from Blues to Hip-Hop, New York 2011.
***** S
- TAPERT, Annette
The Power of Glamour: The Women Who Defined the Magic of Stardom, New York 1998. - TURNER, Tina, with Kurt LODER
I, Tina. My Life Story, New York 1986.
***** T
- UNTERBERGER, Richie
Music USA: The Rough Guide, London 1999. - VAN RIJN, Guido
The Truman & Eisenhower Blues. African-American Blues and Gospel Songs, 1945–1960, London – New York: Continuum 2004. - VINCENT, Rickey
Funk. The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One, Foreword by George Clinton, New York 1996 (according to the copyright note). - The Voice of the Blues: Classic Interviews from the Living Blues Magazine, edd. Jim O'Neal & Amy Van Singel, London - New York 2002.
***** U,V
- WALD, Gayle F.
Shout, Sister, Shout! The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Boston 2007. - WARD, Brian
Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness, and Race Relations, Berkeley 1998. - WARD-ROYSTER, Willa
How I Got Over. Clara Ward and the World-Famous Ward Singers. As told to Toni Rose, Philadelphia 1997. - WARE, Vron / BACK, Les
Out of Whiteness: Color, Politics, and Culture, Chicago 2001. - WARNER, Jay
American Singing Groups. A History from 1940 to Today, 1992. - WARWICK, Dionne with David Freeman WOOLEY
My Life, As I See It. An Autobiography, New York - London 2010. - WARWICK, Jacqueline
Girl Groups, Girl Culture. Popular Music and Identity in the 1960s, New York-London 2007.
***** W
- YANOW, Scott
The Jazz Singers. The Ultimate Guide, Milwaukee-New York 2008. - YOUNG, Alan
Woke Me Up This Morning. Black Gospel and the Gospel Life, Jackson 1997.
***** X,Y,Z
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